Have you noticed that the Christian Church has changed to imitate the protocols and methods of the world? More and more churches are seeking Pastors with Masters and Doctorate degrees. They are more concerned about the prospective pastor’s credentials than they are about his morals and his salvation. Some even set the pastor’s salary according to what level of education he has achieved. This is worldly and has no foundation in Holy Scripture. THIS IS NOT OF GOD!
Education is good. We should get as much education as we can afford or that is afforded to us. The more tools and skills that we have to use for the work of the kingdom of God the better. BUT DON’T GET IT TWISTED! We cannot qualify or certify to be God’s Preacher and Servant through Bible Colleges or Seminaries. God is not impressed with your diplomas, degrees, certificates or any such man contrived prerequisites.
You must first have heard and believed the TRUE Gospel of Salvation through Yehowshua HaMashiach – Jesus the Christ). ( Mark 1:15)
You must be born-again of the water and of the Spirit according to the scriptures. (John 3:3-7 and Acts 2:38)
You must spend time in the presence of GOD and with the Messiah – God’s Living Word.
You must wait to be sent by God and not by man’s institutions of religious organizations. (Romans 10:15)
Then you must go forth in the assurance and power of the Holy Ghost – being led by the Spirit and not by the flesh. (Acts 20:28)
These five points do not take the place of an education but place education in its rightful place.
People and religious industries are selling their ideas and notions to the public disguised as worship and faith in God. (Matthew 7:21-23)
They are deceivers and are themselves deceived.
If you stop and think about it instead of assuming that you already know and understand, you may begin to realize the insanity and outright blasphemy that some folks are trying get you to believe in and participate in.
For instance, worship and the preaching of the Word of God is treated like an entertainment event by many so-called believers and Pastors. They are promoting their churches and ministries like a business enterprise with ticket sales, colorful themes, catchy phrases, feature choirs, feature soloists and dancers and crowd drawing, people-pleasing guest speakers and performers.
It is all a Hollywood type worship production that is choreographed to give a “worship experience” without requiring any real worship of Father Yahweh or repentance of sins or change of morals. The only ones that really get worshiped are the performers and the preachers.
These orchestrated and well rehearsed worship events do not effectuate a transformation of spirit, mind and heart but a stimulation of human imagination, emotions and thoughts – creating a temporary feeling of euphoria and well-being whereby one may be deceived into thinking that they have been in the presence of God when in fact they were only well entertained.
Talents, skills and charisma are often purposely confused with divine anointing and anything that produces strong emotional release is said to be of the Holy Spirit. This is the lie and deception of Satan. If you think about, the same type emotional experiences happen during sexual ecstasy where even the name of God is repeatedly called out but that experience is not said to be highly anointed or of the Holy Ghost.
Satan and her ministers have twisted and perverted everything.
We better wake-up before it is too late.
We better watch those churches, ministries and preachers who seek to sell the Gospel and make a commodity and a profit out of Christ and Salvation or else we may hear the LORD say to us, “I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.” (Matthew 7:21-23)
The Authorities of the Christian religion are so very sure of themselves with regards to knowing what is sin and what isn’t and who is anointed and who isn’t that many of them question and openly challenge the authority of a divinely sent messenger of God and his right, power and authority to speak as God’s AMBASSADOR.
Based upon their own humanly contrived theologies, traditions , fabricated suppositions and prerequisites and credentialing policies – which have no basis in HOLY SCRIPTURE nor is sanctioned by Yehowshua or His Apostles – many deceived, arrogant and self-assured “Christian Leaders” have challenged and disqualified the ones whom Yahweh has sent unto them.
They are the Pharisees of contemporary Christianity and the watchdogs of their denominations’ pulpits and churches.
But this is not a surprise to the saint’s of GOD. Christ told us to expect this for if they persecuted the head of the house, they will also persecute its members. (Matthew 10:25 and 2 Timothy 4:3)
Yehowshua’s (Jesus’) divine authority was challenged by the religious leaders in Matthew 21:23-27.
And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”
Jesus replied,“I have a question for you. If you tell me the answer, I’ll tell you what kind of authority I have to do these things.Where did John get his authority to baptize? Did he get it from heaven or from humans?”
They argued among themselves, “If we say ‘from heaven,’ he’ll say to us, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’ But we can’t say ‘from humans’ because we’re afraid of the crowd, since everyone thinks John was a prophet.” Then they replied, “We don’t know.”
Jesus also said to them, “Neither will I tell you what kind of authority I have to do these things.
Every since the beginning, The Messiah and those who genuinely follow and obey The Messiah, have defied the established religious institutions and their authorities and stood boldly in the AUTHORITY and POWER of THE WAY, THE TRUTH and THE LIFE of Yehowshua HaMashiach (Jesus The Christ). They boldly and upon threat of torture, death and excommunication, preached, taught, evangelized and baptized without any human agency’s approval, license, ordination or sanction. And because of their HOLY BOLDNESS and defiant disregard for the religious authorities of the traditional mainstream religion, the religious powers sought to silence, persecute, torture and kill all saints of the ALMIGHTY YAHWEH who held to the gospel and name of CHRIST. (Acts 4:18)
There is nothing new under the sun. Many mainstream Christian religious authorities are still persecuting, excommunicating, torturing, murdering and threatening the God-sent messengers of Yahweh today. Ambassadors of Christ are still having their divine authority questioned, ridiculed, challenged and their divine power diminished by the wicked ones. (Mark 6:5)
Many messengers of FATHER GOD endure having their divine authority challenged, questioned and dismissed as lacking in merit because they don’t comply with or meet some arbitrary and humanly contrived prerequisites for Preaching and Pastoring in the churches and Christian organizations of the lost and deceived.
Please don’t get it twisted. God never sends His Shepherds to pastor in the churches of Satan. God never sends His Shepherds to pastor goats but sheep. Therefore, if the goats are butting (challenging/questioning/ doubting/disqualifying and dismissing ) the saintly and divine authority that we received from Christ through His Spirit, they have not injured us but themselves and have counted themselves unworthy of Christ and salvation. (Luke 10:16 and Matthew 22:9)
For them (The Pharisees of Contemporary Christianity and Professional Pastors) it is not about being genuinely saved in accordance with HOLY SCRIPTURE and being authentically sent by FATHER YHVH with HIS divine message of salvation but it is about conforming to their perverted and preconceived Protestant denominational and/or Catholic philosophies or doctrines whereby one may be sanctioned by their religious agencies to serve in their agency’s churches and organizations as an organizationally sanctioned, licensed and/or ordained Pastor, Preacher, Elder, Bishop, Minister, Deacon¸ Reverend, Evangelist or some other ecclesiastical title and position.
Mankind and her Christian Religious Sects and Denominations Have Assumed Divine Prerogative and Have Set themselves up as judge and LORD over authorizing Ambassadors and Messengers for CHRIST in their houses of worship. But YHVH Has Not Commanded nor Authorized Them To Do So.
BECAUSE OF THIS PERVERSION, MANY ARE CHURCH AUTHORIZED, CHURCH LICENSED AND CHURCH ORDAINED BUT STILL ARE A CHILD OF HELL.
Personally, this is proof positive that what folks habitually and traditionally refer to as the “Christian church” isn’t the Body of Christ at all but the religious institution of man. (Matthew 7:21-23)
Today it is common place to challenge and question GOD’S Messengers by asking them where were they licensed and ordained or who licensed them and ordained them or from where did they receive their credentials and/or titles and “By what authority are they doing these things and who gave them this authority?”
The pharisees and religious bigots are not questioning our salvation or our veracity and commitment to the authentic doctrine of Christ and His Apostles. To the contrary. They are examining our conformity to their doctrines and assessing whether or not we hold suitable ordinations and human credentials. (2 John 1:10)
This brazen disrespect for the authority of GOD has only resulted in the demise and downfall of the CHRISTIAN FAITH whereby the saints who were sent to deliver the final warning before Christ’s return were not heard or given space to be heard because they were not of this world or its mainstream Christian belief system but of Yehowshua and the authentic HOLY SPIRIT. (John 15:19)
We are of the Ruach HaKodesh (HOLY SPIRIT) as opposed to the counterfeit spirit of holiness that we see DEMON–strated in places of Christian worship all over the world.
I strongly suggest and urge that everyone please examine and search the HOLY Scriptures for yourselves for they point to CHRIST and not to Christian Religions or denominational or Catholic authorities. (John 5:39)
I also urge everyone to please change their ways, REPENT and HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING UNTO THE EKKLESIA OF CHRIST AND THOSE WHO EARNESTLY SEEK TO BE SAVED.
TRUE AUTHORITY AND POWER ONLY COMES FROM GOD THROUGH CHRIST.
OBEY ACTS 2:38 AND ENTER INTO THE EKKLESIA OF THE LORD.
REPENT!
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“Let the one who does wrong, still do wrong; and the one who is filthy, still be filthy; and let the one who is righteous, still practice righteousness; and the one who is holy, still keep himself holy.” ~ Revelations 22:11
Sometimes we have to accept the fact that folks are going to be just who they are going to be.
But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you shall say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says.’ Whoever will listen let them listen, and whoever will refuse let them refuse; for they are a rebellious people. ~ Ezekiel 3:27
“The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.” (John 3:8)
The above scripture text is apart of a larger scripture lesson on the re-birth salvation plan of God – John 3:1-17. But for the purpose of our edification, we shall only focus on verse 8.
In verse 8, Jesus uses the “wind” to demonstrate or paint a picture of the character of those who have been truly born again – born of the water and of the Spirit. In this part of his discussion with Nicodemus, he is describing the character and behavior of those born again and endowed with the Holy Spirit.
We all understand that the wind is air in motion. It is invisible. No one can see it but we can all hear it, feel it and see its effects and impact upon our environment.
This can mean that those who are born of Water and the Spirit now exist in a different dimension than those who are not. The Holy Spirit causes us to act, think, feel and perceive differently from the world. So those who are not born of the Spirit of Holiness can not discern (see) or understand (comprehend) where we come from and where we may go. They can only observe our impact on the environment as we move (blow) through. They can hear us, feel our presence, see the effects of our movement but never understand us or from whence we come.
As 1 Corinthians 2:14 says:
“The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.”
[Learn What God Word Says About Being Born of The Water and Of The Spirit by Visiting The Following Page: The Way of Salvation]
If you visit this page and do not follow the commands of God on how to be born again and your soul is lost, it is nobody’s fault but your.
20 My son, pay attention to what I am saying;
incline your ear to my words. 21 Don’t let them out of your sight,
keep them deep in your heart; 22 for they are life to those who find them
and health to their whole being.
23 Above everything else, guard your heart;
for it is the source of life’s consequences. 24 Keep crooked speech out of your mouth,
banish deceit from your lips. 25 Let your eyes look straight ahead,
fix your gaze on what lies in front of you. 26 Level the path for your feet,
let all your ways be properly prepared; 27 then deviate neither right nor left;
and keep your foot far from evil.
“As for God, his way is perfect: The LORD’s word is flawless.” ~ Psalm 18:30
God is right all of the time in everything that He does and says and there is nothing we can say, teach, preach, sing or shout to change His perfect will.
Get on board His program or be lost!
Repent!
It has been a genuine joy and an awesome privilege to share with each and everyone this year. May God bless all of you for your kind support as the O.W. Prince Ministries closes its pages from any further postings in the year 2013 and takes a light sabbatical in the year 2014. You are always welcomed to access my radio broadcasts and posting archives from my WordPress Homepage.
This time last year I was in Critical Care at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbia, SC. But by God’s grace and mercy, I am still here and I am so grateful that God spared my life to be here. (Hallelujah!) I am also very grateful for all of the many friends and acquaintances that I have met through WordPress, FaceBook, LinkedIn and BlogTalkRadio. You have been a blessing to me.
Now it is my desire that you prosper in the upcoming New Year even as your soul prospers in the things of God in Christ.
My heart and Spirit are distraught at what I had to listen to from some very powerful, well-known and famous local Pastors. Some were actually bragging about their ability to get their congregations to buy them Mercedes, Lexus, luxurious homes, tailored suites and provide them with lots of cash.
Other were bragging about their educational degrees and the power they have in their churches and organizations to sit other preachers down, close doors of opportunities for other preachers to pastor as well their power to help those who bend to their will (KISS THEIR BEHINDS).
Then there are those church members who knows the hypocrisy and immorality that really goes on with their Pastors but still insists upon supporting their ministries and their money-making schemes.
WOW! This makes me sick and explains why a lot of folks would rather stay outside of the church than attend a church.
Well, I would like to share the Word of God with those folks who have been injured and misled by false teachers and corrupt preachers. I would like to teach them how to become the Church of Christ instead of going to a false church that pretends to be about Christ. Tune into the O.W. Prince Ministries’ Radio Network on BlogTalkRadio and hear what the Spirit is saying unto His Church.
“For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly.” – Romans 12:4-6
“For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body.” – 1 Corinthians 12:13
As of 2012, it is estimated that there are over 43,000 Christian denominations worldwide. For all intent and purposes, these separate organizations do not have any organic relationship with each other. Each owns and controls their pulpit as well as who is allowed to occupy the office of Pastor. They are divided, splintered and in some cases at odds with each other.
This is not what the Bible identifies as Christ’s Church.
The Word of God frowns upon denominational Christianity.
“I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought” – 1 Corinthians 1:10
“There may be many churches but there is only One True Church.” (O.W. Prince)
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